Funding search · EIN 911485456 · Longview, WA

The Kirchner Foundation

Name: The Kirchner Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

59
grants reported: $277,550
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center4 grants · $37,500
St Rose School4 grants · $32,000
Lower Columbia College Foundation2 grants · $30,000
Peacehealth St John Medical Center2 grants · $21,500
Columbia Theatre Association for the Performing Arts3 grants · $20,750
St Rose Church2 grants · $15,000
Seton Catholic College Prep4 grants · $12,500
Cascade Medical Team2 grants · $10,000
Peacehealth Foundation1 grant · $10,000
Vancouver Elks4 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$62,000

2022

$72,250

2023

$70,800

2024

$72,500

2025

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Lower Columbia College Foundation · Longview, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Columbia Theatre Association for the Performing Arts · Longview, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$12,000
Peacehealth St John Medical Center · Longview, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$12,000
St Rose School · Longview, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$12,000
St Rose School · Longview, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Wa Elks Charitiable Trust · Tacoma, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Peacehealth Foundation · Vancouver, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$9,500
Peacehealth St John Medical Center · Longview, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$7,500
Family Promise of Cowlitz County · Kelso, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$7,500
St Rose Church · Longview, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$7,500
St Rose Church · Longview, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,500
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,500
St Rose School · Longview, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,500
St John Hospital Foundation · Longview, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Seton Catholic College Prep · Vancouver, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Cascade Medical Team · Eugene, OR · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Cascade Medical Team · Eugene, OR · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Lower Columbia College Foundation · Longview, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Plymouth Housing Group · Seattle, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Columbia Theatre Association for the Performing Arts · Longview, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,800
Junior League of Lower Columbia · Longview, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,750
Columbia Theatre Association for the Performing Arts · Longview, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Archdiocese of Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,500
Emergency Support Shelter · Longview, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,500
St Vincent De Paul Society · Longview, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,500
Vancouver Elks · Vancouver, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,500
Archdiocese of Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Emergency Support Shelter · Longview, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Fish of Cowlitz County · Longview, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Lower Columbia Cap · Longview, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Seton Catholic College Prep · Vancouver, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
St Rose School · Longview, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Vancouver Elks · Vancouver, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Emergency Support Shelter · Longview, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Seton Catholic College Prep · Vancouver, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Vancouver Elks · Vancouver, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Fish of Cowlitz County · Longview, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Seton Catholic College Prep · Vancouver, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
St Vincent De Paul Society · Longview, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Vancouver Elks · Vancouver, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Youth & Family Link · Longview, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Junior League of Lower Columbia · Longview, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
Women'S Emergency Support Shelter · Kelso, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,500
Cabaret Follies of Lower Columbia · Longview, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,500
Children'S Justice Advocacy Center · Longview, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,500
Southwest Washington Wind Symphony · Camas, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,500
Cabaret Follies of Lower Columbia · Longview, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,500
Junior Service League of Lower Columbia · Longview, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,500
Salvation Army · Kelso, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Lower Columbia School Gardens · Longview, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Lower Columbia School Gardens · Longview, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Friends of Longview Park · Rock Island, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Southwest Washington Wind Symphony · Camas, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Community House On Broadway · Longview, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Junior Service League of Lower Columbia · Longview, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Southwest Washington Wind Symphony · Camas, WA · 2022
Unrestricted

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.